The police caught 12 people and locked them in a closed van for 15 hours without food or water

Date & Time 2017-07-09

Location Danube, Croatia

Reported by No Name Kitchen

Coordinates 45.76036768, 18.95004272

Pushback from Croatia

Pushback to Serbia

Taken to a police station unknown

Minors involved yes

WLTI* involved no

Men involved no

Age unknown

Group size 12

Countries of origin Afghanistan

Treatment at police station or other place of detention detention, denial of food/water

Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved unknown

Violence used no violence used

Police involved Croatian police

A 16 year old person from Afghanistan reported being pushed-back to Serbia on September 7th, 2017, at around 22 pm. The respondent states that he was caught in Croatia, while trying to cross the border by boat, on the Danube river.

According to the respondent, the police caught 12 people, including him, and locked them in a closed van for 15 hours without food or water. All of them asked for asylum, but the police refused.

They were brought to the police station in Zagreb, before being taken back to Serbia, to Sombor’s camp.